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beautiful

[byoo-tuh-fuhl] / ˈbyu tə fəl /




Usage

What are other ways to say beautiful? A person or thing that is beautiful has perfection of form, color, etc., or noble and spiritual qualities: a beautiful landscape, a beautiful woman. Handsome often implies stateliness or pleasing proportion and symmetry: a handsome man. That which is lovely is beautiful but in a warm and endearing way: a lovely smile. Pretty implies a moderate but noticeable beauty, emphasizing gracefulness or delicacy: a pretty flower.

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Up here, in a starkly beautiful landscape of snowy peaks and glaciers, excavators are carving huge chunks out of the mountains to mine for copper and other minerals.

From Barron's • May 23, 2026

Just produce that isn’t conventionally beautiful enough to command full price.

From Salon • May 22, 2026

There is a particularly beautiful chapter set on Long Island during World War II, in which the narrator recalls a July 4 beach celebration that ends with a tragic explosion.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

I recently tried on this beautiful Jennifer Meyer emerald gold necklace that I wanted and I was like “How much?”

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

I had seen a lot of sycamore trees in my life, but I had never seen one as beautiful as the one I was looking at.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls




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